Emergency hood and respirator device

Abstract

A hood and respirator device including emergency lighting and locator features for aiding the wearer in escaping a dangerous circumstances and for enabling rescue personnel to more quickly locate the wearer, the lighting and locator features preferably being secured to the respirator device, and the respirator in addition forming the top of a sealed storage package for the device.

1 . An emergency fire resistant hood and respirator arrangement having therewith an emergency lighting and locator package comprising: 
 a. a lighting arrangement for aiding the orientation of the user in the surroundings by illuminating at least a portion of the surroundings.    b. a locator device to aid rescue personnel to find the wearer of equipment.    
   
   
       2 . An emergency fire resistant hood and emergency lighting and locator package in accordance with  claim 1  wherein the locator device comprises a flooding light.  
   
   
       3 . An emergency fire resistant hood and emergency lighting and locator package in accordance with  claim 1  wherein the locator device is a regularly varying sound device.  
   
   
       4 . An emergency fire resistant hood and emergency lighting and locator package in accordance with  claim 1  wherein the locator device comprises both light and sound producing means.  
   
   
       5 . An emergency fire resistant hood and respirator package wherein the respirator comprises the top of a protective package and is sealed on the front with a plastic sealing film removable with a grasping means attached to the canister.  
   
   
       6 . An emergency fire resistant hood and respirator package in accordance with  claim 5  wherein the rear of the canister is also sealed with a plastic film attached through an extension passing through the hood adjacent the canister for removing the rear plastic film.  
   
   
       7 . An emergency fire resistant hood and respirator package in accordance with  claim 6  additionally comprising an emergency light and locator means secured to the hood and operable by the grasping means.  
   
   
       8 . An emergency fire resistant hood and respirator package in accordance with  claim 7  wherein the grasping means comprises a ripcord arrangement.  
   
   
       9 . An emergency fire resistant hood and respirator package in accordance with  claim 7  wherein the locator means comprises a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver.  
   
   
       10 . An emergency fire resistant hood and respirator package in accordance with  claim 1  wherein said lighting and locator devices are integrally connected to the frame portion of said respirator.  
   
   
       11 . An emergency fire resistant hood and respirator package in accordance with  claim 10  additionally comprising a means for manually controlling activation or deactivation of at least one of said lighting and locator devices.  
   
   
       12 . An emergency fire resistant hood and respirator package in accordance with  claim 11  wherein said means for manually controlling activation or deactivation of at least one of said lighting and locator devices is a multifunction button electronically connected to said device or devices.  
   
   
       13 . An emergency fire resistant hood and respirator package in accordance with  claim 12  wherein said lighting and locator devices include three LED lights, a pair of flashing lights, a pair of speakers, and a control button.  
   
   
       14 . An emergency fire resistant hood and respirator package in accordance with  claim 13  additionally comprising a GPS receiver.